In 2013, current BJP MLA, Welsingh Bhuriya defeated Congress's Pratap Grewal to win the seat. He had assets worth Rs. 20 lakhs during the 2013 elections.

According to the 2011 census, the population of the Sardarpur Nagar Panchayat is 7,293 with an average literacy rate of 82.55 per cent, higher than the state average of 69.32per cent. The Scheduled Tribes (ST) constitutes 32.30 per cent of the population.

Sardarpur was a British station in Central India during the British Raj, within the state of Gwalior. Apart from Sardarpur, Dhar district comprises the constituencies of Badnawar, Dhar, Dharampuri, Gandhwani, Kukshi, and Manawar.

230 constituencies in Madhya Pradesh went to polls on 28 November 2018 to elect members of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. While Shivraj Singh Chouhan fought out for its fourth consecutive term in the state, the Congress also fought form government in the state after its win in 2003.